Carrying water: Mother Earth Water Walk
Carol Hopkins, far right, hands off a bucket filled with water from the Pacific Ocean to Echo Brown, while Neejig Shognosh gives an eagle staff to Chaney Bell in Woods Bay on Tuesday morning. The items have been carried by multiple participants as part of the western portion of the Mother Earth Water Walk. Both items will be carried on foot from Puget Sound, Wash., to Bad River, Wis. Hopkins and Shognosh came from separate locations in Ontario, Canada and Bell and Brown are from the Confedarated Salish-Kootenai Tribes.
The ocean water will be put into Lake Superior after the two-month journey to Wisconsin. The walk is meant to raise awareness of protecting water and water systems.
Carol Hopkins, far right, hands off a bucket filled with water from the Pacific Ocean to Echo Brown, while Neejig Shognosh gives an eagle staff to Chaney Bell in Woods Bay on Tuesday morning. The items have been carried by multiple participants as part of the western portion of the Mother Earth Water Walk. Both items will be carried on foot from Puget Sound, Wash., to Bad River, Wis.
Hopkins and Shognosh came from separate locations in Ontario, Canada and Bell and Brown are from the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes.